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UPSC 2024: Consider the following pairs: Country — Animal found in its natural habitat 1. Brazil — Indri 2. Indonesia — Elk 3. Madagascar — Bonobo How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
(a)Only one
(b)Only two
(c)All three
(d)None
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Indri (Indri indri) is a lemur found only in Madagascar, not Brazil. Elk (Cervus canadensis) occur in North America and parts of temperate Asia, not Indonesia. Bonobos (Pan paniscus) are endemic to the Democratic Republic of Congo, not Madagascar. Hence none of the three pairs is correctly matched (option d). ([britannica.com](https://www.britannica.com/animal/indri-lemur-species?utm_source=openai))
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